Saturday, February 13, 2016

Hi, everyone! Now that I live in NYC and see that people are still using this site, I'd like to share a little secret with you: http://www.mule.co.kr/. This site has quite a comprehensive list of practice spaces in Korea (not just Seoul).

If you need help navigating the page:

Towards the top of the page, you'll see the navy bar that spans the width of the page. On the second row, you'll see where it says "정보," which means "information" in Korean. Click on the second group of words next to that that says "합주(연습)실정보," which means "practice space information."

In the gray bar almost halfway down the page, you'll see two drop-down menus. Choose "서울" for "Seoul" or whichever city/province you live in. The drop-down menu to the right of that will have the different 구s ("districts") to choose from.

Or... I prefer to scroll down to the bottom of the page where you'll see more drop-down menus. Those let you narrow it down to the 동s (neighborhoods).

All the listings you see that populate the first half of the page in bold are sponsored listings and don't necessarily reflect your search.

Ok, happy music writing and performing! And, of course, feel free to keep posting questions if you feel the need to. My gmail will ping me so I'll be able to answer.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Yaerang is a quick 4-5 block walk from Hyochang Park Station (효창공원앞역), exit 2. As you're walking up the street, you'll see a building on your right-hand side with a 7-Eleven on the 1st floor. Yaerang is on the 3rd floor of that building.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Someone posted that they're living in Songdo, Incheon, and that it's a bit of a ghost town out there. On mule.co.kr, all I found in Songdo was a post for a music academy that didn't look like they rented their rooms by the day, so I found the nearest rehearsal space that had a bit of flavor and didn't seem so sterile. It looks to be about a 5-10 minute walk from Yeonsu Station (연수역, Suin Line).

The Small Rooms are for private instrument practice, usually for acoustic instruments. But if you need an amp or wanted them to move one of the keyboards in there, etc, I'm sure they could set that up for you.

You can contact the space at 02-466-5183 or 010-2009-5183, and their email is djbosin@naver.com.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

This practice space is located about a 3-minute walk from Mia Station (미아역, line 4) or a 2-minute walk from the bus station. It's 24 hours and equipped with heating and AC. There are several private rooms in which you're allowed to practice any instrument except for the drums.

If you're interested in monthly rates, it ranges from 240,000-260,000원, and if you agree to a 6-month contract, they'll knock off 200,000원.